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2 Sisters Food Group announces major expansion to its Scottish chicken processing plant
2 Sisters Food Group has underlined its commitment to Scotland by announcing a multi-million pound expansion plan at its chicken processing plant at Cambuslang near Glasgow, creating up to 180 new jobs.The food manufacturing giant has revealed details to build a new 11,000sq.ft. extension to its plant, which will house ...
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NewsCold turkey as one in six Brits don't eat turkey?
According to research from independent shopper reward app, Shopitize, turkey may be losing its crown as king of Christmas dinner with one in six families admitting they were not going to be topping their festive table with a turkey at Christmas.The survey into festive fare revealed that nearly half of ...
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Karro to invest £500,000 at Malton
Karro Food Group, one of the leading suppliers of British pork into the retail and foodservice industries, is to invest £500,000 to upgrade its main processing line at its Malton site.The investment will be used to improve the hair removal process in the pig processing chain, helping to deliver consistently ...
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Critical year for Scottish meat industry
The future strength and development of Scotland’s meat industry is delicately poised as 2014 begins says the Scottish Association of Meat Wholesalers (SAMW).“The potential for growth and development for our industry is enormous, with strong export opportunities emerging on a regular basis,” said Alan McNaughton, SAMW president. “However, extremely tight ...
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NewsTurkeys for Troops helped to spread festive cheer
Small traditional turkey producers from across the country have helped to raise money for Help for Heroes and treated Chelsea Pensioners to a slap-up Christmas dinner.Pictured is Farmer Rob Caldecott with Chelsea Pensioner Dave Thomson.Now in its second year, the UK Turkeys’ Turkeys for Troops campaign donated £2,000 to Help ...
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Beef and lamb sector developments in spotlight at AHDB Outlook Conference 2014
Beef and lamb developments and opportunities will come into sharp focus at the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Outlook Conference 2014.AHDB Market intelligence (MI) will give an overview of the outlook for the sector in the cattle and sheep breakout session during the event at One Great George Street ...
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AHDB research prize rewards excellence in next generation of animal scientists
A final year PhD student from Harper Adams University claimed the prize for ‘Best Presentation’ at the 2013 PhD Seminar Programme held near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, last week.Priya Motupalli, funded by the Barham Benevolent Foundation and DairyCo, dairy division of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), was honoured for ...
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NewsScottish musical legends launch ‘Stovies Reloaded’
Two of Scotland’s favourite musicians, Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham, took to the bustling streets of Edinburgh this week to launch ‘Stovies Reloaded,’ a new cookbook developed by nutritional scientists at the University of Aberdeen, which puts a healthy spin on traditional Scottish recipes.The verdict from the accordionist and fiddler ...
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NewsFree pre-audit for non assured abattoirs and meat processors
Any non-assured abattoir, cutting plant or meat processor based in England wishing to join the EBLEX Quality Standard Mark (QSM) Scheme is invited to contact EBLEX to apply for a free pre-audit.The one-day visit, which is free of charge, will be carried out by EBLEX technical staff and will identify ...
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Christmas Closedown
The Meat Management offices will be closed from 1pm on Friday 20th December, and reopening on Thursday 2nd January 2014.We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our readers and advertisers a very happy Christmas and here's to a successful 2014!This story was originally published on a ...
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Concerns over possible meat labelling confusion
The NFU and NPA say that new European Commission rules on food labelling may lead to massive confusion for British shoppers keen to buy meat produced in the UK.The Commission voted to introduce mandatory reared and slaughtered labelling rules. The NFU and NPA say that mandatory rules should have extended ...
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NewsWest Yorkshire butcher serves up champion prime pork
John Summers Family Butchers in Clayton is now serving up championship and reserve championship-winning pork at its Druids Street shop.Mr Summers attended Skipton Auction Mart’s high profile Christmas primestock shows to successfully bid for the champion trio of Piétrain-cross gilts shown by John Midgley, of Ludendenfoot.In fact, he was buying ...
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PDM to expand its Doncaster Anaerobic Digestion site
PDM, the UK’s largest food waste recycler, is to double the size of its ReFood Doncaster anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. Doncaster was ReFood’s first AD plant in the UK and has been operational since the summer of 2011.For more than 80 years, the family-run company has been the UK's largest ...
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NewsFood crime unit to be set up in wake of horse meat debacle
The results of Professor Chris Elliott’s independent interim and much anticipated report into the horse meat scandal includes the proposal that a specialist food crime unit should be set up in the UK in order to improve the safety of UK food supply networks.Professor Elliott, director of the Institute for ...
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NewsDunbia's Jim Dobson honoured by NI Institute of Directors
At the annual NI Institute of Directors Awards Jim Dobson was named ‘Large Company Director of the Year.’Pictured from left; Maurice Boyd MD Abbey Bond Lovis, Jim Dobson Dunbia and Paul Terrington Chairman IoD NI.Dobson was honoured alongside eight other business leaders who were deemed to have made significant and ...
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NPA praises supermarket post horsegate
The English pig industry’s latest survey of supermarket shelves shows retailers have increased their support for British-farmed pork, ham and sausages over the past 12 months.The Porkwatch survey, which is conducted every two months, records the number of product lines that supermarkets allocate to British pork and pork products.All retailers ...
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New report reveals animal welfare high on business agenda
The second report of the Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare has applauded Coop Group (Switzerland), Marks & Spencer, Arla, Marfrig, Royal FrieslandCampina, Sainsbury’s, VION and Waitrose for the notable improvements they have made in their farm animal welfare related management and reporting approach over the past year.The Benchmark report ...
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British Poultry Council wants clear labelling
In response to the piece in the Guardian on Friday around "Chicken tumbling to add water - a widespread industrial practice," the British Poultry Council has issued the following statement:"It is important that consumers know where their chicken comes from, how it has been reared, and what sort of preparation ...
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NFU looks to 2 Sisters for future of Scottish chicken
NFU Scotland is looking to the 2 Sisters Food Group to help define the future of the chicken sector in Scotland.Scottish chicken growers, impacted by a recent announcement by 2 Sisters about restructuring of its plants at Letham and Coupar Angus, have formed the Scottish Chicken Growers Association (SCGA) to ...
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Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef website wins top national award
A website promoting Welsh Lamb and Welsh Beef has won a top national award.The website which has two addresses – eatwelshlamb.co.uk and eatwelshbeef.co.uk – is run by Welsh red meat promotion agency Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC).It won the award for the Best Educational, Media and Advertising Site during a ceremony ...
